WO2014027592A1

WO2014027592A1 - System for measuring distributions of pressure, temperature, strain of substance, method for monitoring underground storage of carbon dioxide using same, method for evaluating influence of carbon dioxide injection on stability of stratum, and freezing monitoring method

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Publication number: WO2014027592A1
Application number: PCT/JP2013/071371
Authority: WO
Inventors: 自求薛; 良昭山内; 欣増岸田
Original assignee: 公益財団法人地球環境産業技術研究機構; ニューブレクス株式会社
Priority date: 2012-08-17
Filing date: 2013-08-07
Publication date: 2014-02-20
Also published as: JP5769676B2; CN104583730A; JP2014038039A; CN104583730B; US20150211900A1; US9829352B2

Abstract

The present invention is designed to measure the distributions of a Brillouin frequency shift and a Rayleigh frequency shift in an optical fiber laid in a substance from the scattered wave of pulsed laser light incident on the optical fiber, and analyze the distributions along the optical fiber of the pressure, temperature, and strain of the substance at the time of measurement using a coefficient that is unique to the laid optical fiber and associates the pressure, temperature, and strain of the substance with the Brillouin frequency shift and the Rayleigh frequency shift.

Description

Material pressure, temperature, strain distribution measurement system, carbon dioxide underground storage monitoring method using the system, method of evaluating the effect of formation of carbon dioxide on formation stability, and ice formation monitoring method

The present invention utilizes a Brillouin frequency shift phenomenon and a Rayleigh frequency shift phenomenon of an optical fiber, and simultaneously measures a material pressure, temperature, and strain distribution, and uses this system to monitor a wide range of material properties such as a formation. It relates to a method of measuring.

Various measurement methods using the Brillouin scattering phenomenon of an optical fiber are known (for example, Patent Document 1). One example is a distributed pressure sensor that uses a Brillouin frequency shift that is generated by applying strain to an optical fiber. Since the Brillouin frequency shift depends on the strain applied to the optical fiber, the applied pressure can be measured by measuring the frequency shift of the optical fiber fixed to the material deformed by the pressure.

The present inventors have previously proposed a system that mainly measures pressure and temperature distributions using the Rayleigh frequency shift phenomenon in addition to the Brillouin frequency shift of an optical fiber (see Patent Document 2). The purpose of this system is to measure the distribution of pressure and temperature, and since the optical fiber is not fixed to the object to be measured, the strain measured with this is useless.

The pressure measurement technique using this optical fiber can be applied to the measurement of the volume change of an object. For example, porous sandstone changes in volume before and after being filled with a liquid, and thus becomes one of the application fields of the aforementioned pressure measurement technique. In recent years, as a countermeasure against global warming, technology to store carbon dioxide in the ground is being developed. However, the pressure measurement technology described above is used to store carbon dioxide in sandstone when carbon dioxide underground storage is executed. It is possible to contribute to the construction of a system that monitors the mechanical stability and safety of the cap rock layer (such as pelitic rock) that is the upper layer.

International Publication No. 2006/001071 JP 2010-216877 A

However, for example, a method for accurately detecting the state change of the strata existing in the ground has not yet been proposed. If an electrical pressure sensor is used, it is possible to detect a spot pressure change. However, it has not been clarified how the pressure change relates to the deformation observed on the ground surface, and whether the mechanical stability can be maintained even if the ground surface deformation occurs.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and provides a system that can simultaneously measure the pressure, temperature, and strain distribution of a substance and accurately monitor and evaluate the state of a wide range of substances such as the ground. The purpose is to do.

A measurement system according to the present invention includes a scattered wave acquisition unit that acquires a scattered wave obtained by scattering pulsed laser light incident on an optical fiber in or along a substance, and the Brillouin from the scattered wave. Brillouin frequency shift measurement unit that measures the distribution of frequency shift in an optical fiber, Rayleigh frequency shift measurement unit that measures the distribution of Rayleigh frequency shift in an optical fiber from scattered waves, material pressure, temperature and strain, and Brillouin A coefficient storage unit for storing a coefficient peculiar to the installed optical fiber, a distribution of the Brillouin frequency shift measured in the Brillouin frequency shift measurement unit, and a Rayleigh frequency shift measurement unit for relating the frequency shift and the Rayleigh frequency shift. Distribution of the Rayleigh frequency shift measured in step 1 and the coefficient storage By using the coefficients, the pressure of the material at the time of the measurement, the temperature, and strain is a distribution along the optical fiber that includes an analysis section for analyzing.

According to the present invention, the pressure, temperature and strain distribution of a substance can be accurately measured simultaneously, and a system for accurately monitoring and evaluating the state of a wide range of substances such as the ground can be obtained.

It is sectional drawing which shows the outline | summary of the monitoring system of the carbon dioxide underground storage using the pressure, temperature, and strain distribution measurement system of the substance by Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is an enlarged view of F part of FIG. 1 of the monitoring system of the carbon dioxide underground storage using the pressure, temperature, and strain distribution measuring system of the substance by Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is an expanded sectional view of the sensor cable of the pressure, temperature, and strain distribution measuring system of the substance by Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows an example of a structure of DPTSS of the pressure, temperature, and strain distribution measurement system of the substance by Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the process regarding evaluation of the storage state of the carbon dioxide of the pressure, temperature, and strain distribution measuring system of the substance by Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a figure which shows notionally the measurement result of the pressure, temperature, and strain distribution measuring system of the substance by Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a figure which shows notionally the time-dependent change of a distortion among the measurement results of the pressure, temperature, and strain distribution measuring system of the substance by Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the outline | summary of a structure of the laboratory experiment of the pressure, temperature, and strain distribution measuring system of the substance of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the result of the laboratory experiment of the pressure, temperature, strain distribution measuring system of the substance of this invention. It is a flowchart of the process of monitoring the leak from a carbon dioxide storage part as an application example of the pressure, temperature, and strain distribution measuring system of the substance of this invention. It is a figure which shows notionally the monitoring result of the leak from a carbon dioxide storage part as an application example of the pressure, temperature, strain distribution measuring system of the substance of this invention. It is a flowchart of the process of monitoring the phase change of the underground carbon dioxide as an application example of the pressure, temperature, and strain distribution measuring system of the substance of this invention. It is a figure which shows notionally the monitoring result of the phase change of the carbon dioxide in the earth as an application example of the pressure, temperature, and strain distribution measuring system of the substance of this invention. It is a flowchart of the process of evaluating the shape change of the ground surface as an application example of the pressure, temperature, strain distribution measuring system of the substance of this invention. It is a figure which shows notionally the evaluation result of the shape change of the ground surface as an application example of the pressure, temperature, strain distribution measuring system of the substance of this invention. It is a figure which shows the outline | summary of the system which monitors the freezing of a river using the pressure, temperature, and strain distribution measuring system of the substance by Embodiment 4 of this invention. It is a figure which shows notionally the monitoring result of the river ice formation using the pressure, temperature, and strain distribution measurement system of the substance by Embodiment 4 of this invention.

Embodiment 1 FIG.
FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view showing an outline of a monitoring system for carbon dioxide underground storage using a pressure, temperature, and strain distribution measurement system for substances according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention, and FIG. FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of the sensor cable of FIG. It is assumed that a sandstone layer 100 serving as a carbon dioxide reservoir exists in the ground, and a cap lock layer 150 functioning as a seal layer is present thereon. The injection well 3a is installed from the storage site 40 set up on the ground toward the underground sandstone layer 100. The press-fit well 3a is provided with a cylindrical casing 31a into which a carbon dioxide injection tube 32 is inserted. The casing 31a is fixed to the underground stratum by applying cementing 34 to the periphery. An observation well 3b for observing underground conditions is often installed around the injection well 3a. The observation well 3b is usually provided with a cylindrical casing 31b similar to that installed in the press-fit well 3a, and various observation sensors are inserted in the casing 31b by filling water.

The sensor cable 2a is embedded in the layer of the cementing 34 in order to measure the distribution of the underground pressure P, temperature T and formation strain ε along the injection well 3a. Alternatively, the sensor cable 2b may be embedded in the cementing layer along the observation well 3b. Hereinafter, the sensor cable 2a and the sensor cable 2b will be described as the sensor cable 2. FIG. 3 shows an example of a cross-sectional structure of the sensor cable 2. The sensor cable 2 includes a first optical fiber 21 that is affected by pressure and a second optical fiber 22 that is cut off from the influence of pressure. The second optical fiber 22 is accommodated in the metal thin tube 24 for pressure blocking. A protective cover 23 may be provided around the first optical fiber 21. However, the protective cover 23 needs to be made of a material / structure that allows the first optical fiber 21 to be affected by ambient pressure and deformation. The first optical fiber and the metal thin tube 24 constitute the sensor cable 2 as a stranded wire together with a plurality of metal wires 25, for example. Further, in order to measure the strain ε of the formation, the first optical fiber must be fixed to the cementing 34 layer. Fixing may be performed on the entire surface in the longitudinal direction of the first optical fiber, or an interval of about several meters may be provided.

Since the sensor cable 2 is embedded in the layer of the cementing 34, it is affected when a volume change occurs in the surrounding formation. For example, when the formation is deformed by carbon dioxide sealing, the sensor cable 2 is deformed integrally with the cementing 34 layer. In this case, the first optical fiber 21 receives the pressure and senses the pressure, but the second optical fiber 22 accommodated in the metal thin tube 24 is not affected.

About each of such 1st optical fiber 21 and 2nd optical fiber 22, Brillouin measurement and Rayleigh measurement are performed by the measuring apparatus 1 installed on the ground, and distribution along the optical fiber of Brillouin frequency shift and Rayleigh frequency shift is performed. Is required. From these Brillouin frequency shift and Rayleigh frequency shift distributions, the distribution of pressure, temperature, and strain along the sensor cable 2 can be known simultaneously. Therefore, the inventors named the measuring device 1 as DPTSS (Distributed Pressure Temperature Strain System) 1.

Here, the measurement principle of pressure, temperature, and strain distribution measurement using an optical fiber will be described. When light is incident on an optical fiber and the scattered light is subjected to frequency analysis, Rayleigh scattered light having almost the same frequency as the incident light, Raman scattered light having a frequency significantly different from the incident light, and incident light having a frequency of about several to several tens of GHz. Brillouin scattered light is observed.

The Brillouin scattering phenomenon is a phenomenon in which power moves through an acoustic phonon of an optical fiber when light is incident on the optical fiber. The frequency difference between the incident light and the Brillouin scattered light is called the Brillouin frequency, which is proportional to the speed of sound in the optical fiber, and the speed of sound depends on the strain and temperature of the optical fiber. Thus, by measuring the change in Brillouin frequency, the strain and / or temperature applied to the optical fiber can be measured. In addition, the present inventors have confirmed that the Brillouin frequency changes depending on the pressure applied to the optical fiber. Here, the change in Brillouin frequency is referred to as Brillouin frequency shift.

The Rayleigh scattering phenomenon is a scattering phenomenon that occurs because light is scattered due to the fluctuation of the refractive index in the optical fiber. The frequency difference between the incident light and the Rayleigh scattered light is the Rayleigh frequency. This Rayleigh frequency also varies with strain and / or temperature applied to the optical fiber. Here, the change in the Rayleigh frequency is called a Rayleigh frequency shift.

Conventionally, the Rayleigh scattering phenomenon has been considered to be sensitive only to strain and temperature. In the patent document 2 which is the previous proposal of the present inventors, the system is proposed on the assumption that the Rayleigh scattering phenomenon is sensitive only to strain and temperature. As a result of the subsequent studies by the present inventors, it has been found that the Rayleigh scattering phenomenon has sensitivity not only to strain and temperature but also to pressure, similarly to the Brillouin scattering phenomenon. That is, the Brillouin frequency shift Δν _B and the Rayleigh frequency shift Δν _R can be expressed as in the equations (1) and (2) by the pressure change amount ΔP, the temperature change amount ΔT, and the strain change amount Δε, respectively.

Here, C _ij is a coefficient specific to the optical fiber, and for the optical fiber to be used, by obtaining the values of these coefficients by a preliminary test or the like, the pressure change amount ΔP, the temperature change amount ΔT, The distribution of the strain change amount Δε can be obtained. By introducing a pressure term into this Rayleigh frequency shift Δν _R , pressure, temperature, and strain distribution measurements with higher accuracy became possible.

Assume that Δν _B and Δν _R are measured. In order to separate the effects of pressure P, temperature T and strain ε in the measured values, three or more independent measurement quantities are required. Since one optical fiber can only obtain two independent measured values, Δν _B and Δν _R , by using two types of optical fibers having different sensitivities to pressure P, strain ε, and temperature T, 4 Individual independent measurements are obtained. That is, the simultaneous equations of Expression (3) are obtained.

Here, the superscript number indicates the type of optical fiber. Since the pressure and temperature are the pressure and temperature of the field where the optical fiber exists, the two types of optical fibers have the same value. On the other hand, the value of strain depends on whether the optical fiber is fixed to the surrounding material. Since DPTSS needs to measure the strain of the material surrounding the fiber, at least one optical fiber must be fixed to the surrounding material.

The effects of the pressure P, temperature T and strain ε can be separated by solving the simultaneous equations of the above equation (3). Therefore, by performing hybrid measurement of measurement of Brillouin frequency shift (referred to as Brillouin measurement) and measurement of Rayleigh frequency shift (referred to as Rayleigh measurement) and solving the simultaneous equations of Equation (3), the pressure change ΔP, temperature The distribution along the optical fiber of the change amount ΔT and the strain change amount Δε can be obtained.

In equation (3), when the superscript number 1 fiber is the first optical fiber 21 in FIGS. 1 to 3 and the superscript number 2 fiber is the second optical fiber 22, the second optical fiber 22 is cut off from the effect of pressure. Therefore, Expression (3) is simplified and becomes Expression (4).

Also in the equation (4), since the pressure and temperature are the pressure and temperature of the field where the optical fiber exists, the two types of optical fibers have the same value. On the other hand, regarding the strain, the strain ε ¹ received by the first optical fiber fixed to the surrounding substance is different from the strain ε ² received by the second optical fiber housed in the metal thin tube. There are four unknowns, ΔP, ΔT, Δε ¹ , and Δε ² , but there are also four equations, so these four unknowns can be obtained. However, a useful value for the strain is the strain ε ¹ of the first optical fiber that is directly subjected to the strain of the surrounding material.

Each coefficient C _ij in the equation (4) of the first optical fiber and the second optical fiber is obtained in advance by a preliminary test, etc., hybrid measurement of Brillouin measurement and Rayleigh measurement is performed, and the simultaneous equations of the above equation (4) are obtained. By solving, the distribution of the pressure change amount ΔP, the temperature change amount ΔT, and the strain change amount Δε along the optical fiber can be obtained. Hybrid measurement of Brillouin measurement and Rayleigh measurement can be performed simultaneously at a certain point in time, so not only the distribution of one-dimensional pressure change ΔP, temperature change ΔT and strain change Δε along the optical fiber, but also the time axis Can also be obtained.

Note that equation (4) is an incremental equation. That is, in order to obtain the Brillouin frequency shift and Rayleigh frequency shift on the left side, two measurements are required: a reference measurement in the initial state and a main measurement after the state changes. Further, what is obtained by solving the equation (4) is the amount of change in each of pressure, temperature, and strain based on the initial state. When absolute amounts of pressure, temperature, and strain are required, the absolute amounts of the respective distributions of pressure, temperature, and strain at the time of initial measurement are measured by some method.

The initial state can be selected arbitrarily. Speaking of monitoring of carbon dioxide underground storage, initial measurement can be performed in a constant temperature room on the ground before installing a cable in a well (press-in well 3a or observation well 3b). In this case, a state in which the pressure and temperature distribution are uniform and constant can be set as the initial state.

Or, after installing the cable in the well, it is possible to set the initial state before injecting carbon dioxide. In this case, the amount of change in pressure, temperature, and strain due to carbon dioxide injection can be directly obtained by solving Equation (4). When absolute amounts of pressure, temperature, and strain are required, the absolute amount distribution of pressure and temperature measured with an electric sensor or the like when the well is stopped before carbon dioxide injection may be used. If there is initial measurement data in a constant temperature room on the ground, the absolute quantity distribution of pressure and temperature can be obtained from the measurement before carbon dioxide injection.

Changes in the absolute amount of the distribution of pressure P, temperature T, and strain ε, or collection of data on the amount of change can be monitored to monitor changes and distribution accompanying the inclusion of carbon dioxide in the sandstone layer 100. And the leakage from the cap lock layer 150 can be monitored.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing an outline of an example of DPTSS1. The scattered wave acquisition unit 11 acquires the scattered wave scattered by the optical fiber. The acquired scattered wave is analyzed by the Brillouin frequency shift measuring unit 12 to measure the Brillouin frequency shift. At this time, the Brillouin frequency shift is measured as a distribution along the length direction of the optical fiber. Similarly, the Rayleigh frequency shift measurement unit 13 measures the Rayleigh frequency shift. The Rayleigh frequency shift is also measured as a distribution along the length of the optical fiber.

The coefficient storage unit 14 stores in advance the coefficient C _ij of Expression (4) obtained by a preliminary test or the like. Using the measured Brillouin frequency shift and Rayleigh frequency shift and the coefficient stored in the coefficient storage unit 14, the analysis unit 15 uses the equation (4) to calculate the pressure change ΔP, the temperature change ΔT, and the strain change Δε. Is analyzed and stored in the distribution data storage unit 16. The above measurement and analysis are executed at predetermined time intervals, and are stored in the distribution data storage unit 16 as distribution data of changes in pressure, temperature, and strain for each time. In the initial measurement, when the absolute amount of the initial distribution of pressure, temperature, and strain is measured, if this value is stored in the distribution data storage unit 16, the absolute value at each time point is combined with the distribution data of the change amount. Quantity distribution data is obtained. The evaluation calculation unit 17 evaluates the state of the sandstone layer 100 based on the pressure, temperature, strain variation over time, and monitors the storage state of carbon dioxide, for example.

An example of the process relating to the evaluation of the storage state of carbon dioxide in the system of FIG. 1 is shown in the flowchart of FIG. First, two types of optical fibers to be installed as the first optical fiber 21 and the second optical fiber 22 are prepared, the characteristics of each optical fiber are measured by an indoor test or the like, and the coefficients C _ij in the equation (4) are calculated. Determine (ST1). Each determined coefficient is stored in the coefficient storage unit 14 of DPTSS1, for example. As the first optical fiber 21 and the second optical fiber 22 of the sensor cable 2 with the two types of optical fibers for which the respective coefficients have been determined, first, the initial measurement 1 is performed under constant pressure and temperature conditions in a temperature-controlled room, The Brillouin reference spectrum and the Rayleigh reference spectrum, which are the reference for the Brillouin frequency shift and the Rayleigh frequency shift, are measured (ST2). Next, with the configuration shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the sensor cable 2 is installed in the injection well 3a or the observation well 3b up to the ground of the sandstone layer 100 as a carbon dioxide reservoir (ST3).

After the installation of the sensor cable 2 is completed, the Brillouin reference spectrum and the Rayleigh reference spectrum, which are the reference for the Brillouin frequency shift and the Rayleigh frequency shift, are measured as the initial measurement 2 (ST4). When absolute amounts of pressure and temperature are required, the Brillouin frequency shift and the Rayleigh frequency shift are obtained from the measurement data of the initial measurement 1 and the initial measurement 2, and the pressure change ΔP and the temperature change using the simultaneous equations (4) The distribution of the quantity ΔT is calculated. Subsequently, the absolute quantity distribution of the pressure and temperature in the initial measurement 2 is obtained using the pressure and temperature of the temperature-controlled room in the initial measurement 1.

When carbon dioxide injection is started, the Brillouin spectrum and the Rayleigh spectrum are measured, and the difference from the measurement data of the initial measurement 2 is taken to obtain the Brillouin frequency shift Δν ¹ _B , Δν ² _B (ST5) and the Rayleigh frequency shift. Δν ¹ _R and Δν ² _R (ST6) are obtained, and the distribution of pressure change ΔP, temperature change ΔT and strain change Δε is calculated using simultaneous equations (4) (ST7). ST5, ST6, and ST7 are executed at a predetermined time interval in DPTSS1 as described above (NO in ST8), and are stored in the distribution data storage unit 16 as data for each time. The pressure change amount ΔP, temperature change amount ΔT, and strain change amount Δε calculated here are each change amount from the initial measurement 2 described above. Once the necessary time distribution has been obtained (ST8 YES), the storage state of carbon dioxide can be evaluated as described later with reference to a database of rock properties such as porosity and carbon dioxide infiltration rate (ST10). Yes (ST9).

Fig. 6 shows a conceptual example of measurement data at a certain point in time. FIG. 6 shows a case where an optical fiber is installed up to a depth of 1000 m. As shown in FIG. 6, at a certain point in time, distribution data as a change amount or an absolute amount of pressure P, temperature T, formation strain ε in the depth direction is obtained by hybrid measurement of Brillouin measurement and Rayleigh measurement.

By acquiring data as shown in FIG. 6 at predetermined time intervals, data of time change of pressure P, temperature T, and strain ε at each position can be obtained. FIG. 7 shows conceptual data of the time change of the strain ε at a certain depth of the sandstone layer obtained while injecting carbon dioxide. In FIG. 7, time 0 is the start point of carbon dioxide injection. As shown in FIG. 7, after a certain amount of time has elapsed after the start of injection, the strain gradually increases, and the strain gradually reaches an equilibrium state. It can be seen that the amount of carbon dioxide in the sandstone layer at that position was saturated when the strain reached an equilibrium state. Furthermore, the carbon dioxide storage part 101 shown in FIG. 1 expands by continuing injection | pouring. By monitoring the change in strain distribution in this way, the state of carbon dioxide injection and storage can be evaluated and monitored.

Embodiment 2. FIG.
In the second embodiment, an example in which it is demonstrated by laboratory experiments that a wide range of material properties such as a formation can be monitored and measured by the pressure, temperature, and strain distribution measurement system of the material of the present invention. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an outline of the configuration of the laboratory experiment. An optical fiber 200 is spirally wound around a cylindrical sample having a biased porosity (permeability) called Tago sandstone 110, and Brillouin frequency shift and Rayleigh frequency shift are measured by DPTSS1. 8 is a portion simulating the cap rock layer 150 in FIG. 1 and a portion simulating the sandstone layer 100 having a large porosity in the lower layer. Consists of.

The sample was stored in a pressure vessel, and after applying a sealing pressure of 12 MPa, water and carbon dioxide were injected into the sample to evaluate the change in the state of the sample. Since the pressure and temperature are uniform and have no distribution, the strain distribution was mainly obtained to evaluate the change in the state of the sample. In the case of an indoor experiment, the pressure and temperature are uniform and constant, and monitoring is performed using another point sensor. Therefore, the unknown amount is only distortion, and it is not necessary to use all four equations of equation (4), and the optical fiber can be measured with one first optical fiber.

First, water was injected into the sample and the process of water penetration was observed. After water had sufficiently penetrated, carbon dioxide was then injected into the sample, and the process of carbon dioxide replacing water was observed. FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of a result of observing how water permeated into the sample Tago sand 110 is replaced with carbon dioxide. Strain distribution data along the optical fiber 200 spirally wound around the outer circumference of the mulberry sandstone 110 is acquired at predetermined time intervals. At each time point, the same data as the strain distribution data of FIG. 6 can be acquired. FIG. 9 is a diagram in which this data is arranged with time as the horizontal axis, and the magnitude of the distortion is represented by shades of color. The dark part shows the part with large distortion.

In FIG. 9, the time when carbon dioxide was started to be injected is 0, and it is observed that the strain of the coarse layer 112 having a large porosity increases almost 100 hours later. The color intensity indicates the amount of carbon dioxide. The dark portion is a portion where carbon dioxide is well infiltrated, and the change in the darkness shows that carbon dioxide penetrates into the Tahu sandstone 110.

As described above, by the laboratory experiment shown in the second embodiment, it is possible to measure the change in the strain distribution of the sample talu sandstone 110 using the pressure, temperature, and strain distribution measurement system of the substance of the present invention. I found out. Further, by evaluating the measurement result, for example, the state of underground storage of carbon dioxide can be monitored. In laboratory experiments, pressure and temperature have almost no distribution, and changes can be monitored in other ways. However, in underground such as underground storage of carbon dioxide, it is necessary to know the distribution of pressure and temperature. By measuring the pressure and temperature distributions simultaneously using the equation (4) by the pressure, temperature and strain distribution measurement system of the material of the present invention using the first optical fiber 21 and the second optical fiber 22, It is possible to obtain data on strain distribution in the inside and to monitor the state of underground storage of carbon dioxide.

Embodiment 3 FIG.
The third embodiment shows an application example that can be realized by the pressure, temperature, and strain distribution measurement system of the substance of the present invention.
<Application example 1>
In the first and second embodiments, the monitoring at the time of injection in the underground storage of carbon dioxide has been described. With this system, it is possible to monitor abnormalities after completion of injection by monitoring strain and the like after completion of injection. For example, it is conceivable that carbon dioxide leaks from the carbon dioxide reservoir 101 through the cap lock layer 150 due to reasons such as a crack occurring in the cap lock layer.

FIG. 10 shows a flow chart when monitoring leakage from the carbon dioxide storage unit 101. The strain after the end of injection is monitored in two dimensions in the time and depth directions as shown in FIG. 11 (ST10). If there is no change in strain (ST11 NO), monitoring is continued. If the strain changes from a certain point in time as in the example of FIG. 11 (ST11 YES), it can be monitored that the stored carbon dioxide may have leaked, and it is determined whether repair is necessary (ST13). . If it is determined that repair is necessary (YES in ST13) and the leaked location can be identified, repairing that part (ST14) will restore the original strain as shown in FIG. (ST10) Yes.

<Application example 2>
The carbon dioxide in the ground changes its phase and becomes liquid, gas, or supercritical state. By monitoring temperature changes in the ground, changes in these phase states can be monitored. FIG. 12 shows a flowchart of the process for monitoring the phase state, and FIG. 13 shows a conceptual diagram of the temperature state. The temperature distribution in the depth direction is monitored over time (ST20). If there is a temperature rise (ST21 YES), there is a possibility that the portion of the carbon dioxide where the temperature rise has changed from a supercritical state to a liquid (ST22) (temperature rise zone in FIG. 13). On the other hand, if a temperature drop has occurred (YES in ST23), the carbon dioxide in the portion where the temperature has dropped may change from a liquid to a gas (ST24) (temperature drop zone in FIG. 13). Thus, by monitoring the change over time in the temperature distribution in the depth direction, the change in the state of carbon dioxide in the ground can be monitored.

This change may occur particularly in a portion shallower than the cap lock layer, so it is necessary to monitor the portion above the cap lock layer. Since the temperature distribution from the ground surface to the sandstone layer 100 can always be measured according to the system of the present invention, such monitoring is also possible.

<Application example 3>
The deformation of the formation can be evaluated from the strain distribution in the ground. FIG. 14 shows a flow chart of the process of evaluating the change in the shape of the ground surface based on the deformation of the formation, that is, the influence of the carbon dioxide injection on the formation stability. FIG. 14 shows the measured strain and the displacement calculated from the measured strain. FIG. 15 shows a conceptual diagram of the quantity distribution. A measured value of strain distribution at a certain time is acquired (ST30). By integrating this strain value in the depth direction, a distribution of displacement is obtained (ST31). The deformation amount of the ground surface is obtained from the distribution of the displacement amount (ST32). By comparing / analyzing the obtained ground surface deformation amount and the actual ground surface deformation amount (ST33), the cause of the shape change of the ground surface can be evaluated.

As described above, based on the measurement by the pressure, temperature, strain distribution measurement system of the substance of the present invention, only this one measurement system can monitor various conditions of the underground and the ground surface in carbon dioxide underground storage, Can be evaluated.

In addition to carbon dioxide geological storage, for example, oil wells and other systems that excavate deep underground to dig underground resources, and monitor the status of underground strata after they have been abandoned In addition, the pressure, temperature, and strain distribution measuring system of the substance of the present invention can be applied.

Embodiment 4 FIG.
The embodiment so far has been an embodiment related to the state monitoring of the underground formation such as carbon dioxide underground storage. The fourth embodiment is an embodiment of a system for monitoring icing such as rivers as an embodiment other than the monitoring of the state of the formation. FIG. 16 shows a schematic diagram of a system for monitoring icing of a bridge over a river. The sensor cable 2 is installed along the bridge girder and the pier. For example, the sensor cable 2 has a cross-sectional structure similar to that shown in FIG. The sensor cable 2 is installed particularly at a position where icing is to be monitored, for example, the pier portion is below the water surface.

For the optical fiber of the sensor cable 2, Brillouin frequency shift measurement and Rayleigh frequency shift measurement are performed by the DPTSS 1, and the pressure, temperature, and strain distribution along the sensor cable 2 are simultaneously obtained. By monitoring changes in these distributions over time, the state of icing can be known. FIG. 17 shows a conceptual diagram of a change in temperature and strain over time and a change in volume elastic modulus obtained from strain when icing occurs in a portion of the sensor cable 2 below the water surface. As shown in FIG. 17, by monitoring the changes in strain and bulk modulus as the temperature changes, it is possible to monitor how the river freezes. River water contains salt, mud and other contaminants, and the icing temperature is not necessarily 0 ° C. For this reason, this system which can monitor ice formation itself by observing strain other than temperature becomes effective.

As described above, according to the pressure, temperature, and strain distribution measurement system of the substance of the present invention, the distribution along the optical fiber of the pressure, temperature, and strain of the substance can be measured simultaneously with only one measurement system. Since the change over time can be measured, the state of a wide range of substances can be monitored accurately. In particular, the effect of the present invention is great in monitoring the state of a wide range of substances, ie, the length of the optical fiber is as long as 100 m or more.

1, 1a, 1b:

DTPSS

2, 2a, 2b: sensor cable 3a: injection well 3b: observation well 11: scattered wave acquisition unit 12: Brillouin frequency shift measurement unit 13: Rayleigh frequency shift measurement unit 14: coefficient storage unit 15: Analysis unit 16: distribution data storage unit 17: evaluation calculation unit 21: first optical fiber 22: second optical fiber 23: protective cover 24: metal thin tube 25: metal wire 31: casing 32: injection tube 34: cementing 40: storage Site 100: Sandstone layer 101: Carbon dioxide reservoir 110: Tahu sandstone sample 111: Sample upper part (fine layer)
112: sample bottom (coarse layer)
150: Cap lock layer 200: Optical fiber

Claims

A scattered wave acquisition unit that acquires a scattered wave that is scattered in the optical fiber by a pulsed laser beam incident on the optical fiber laid so as to be deformed together with the substance in or along the substance;
A Brillouin frequency shift measurement unit that measures the distribution in the optical fiber of the Brillouin frequency shift from the scattered wave acquired in the scattered wave acquisition unit;
A Rayleigh frequency shift measurement unit for measuring the distribution in the optical fiber of the Rayleigh frequency shift from the scattered wave acquired in the scattered wave acquisition unit;
A coefficient storage unit for storing a coefficient specific to the laid optical fiber for relating the pressure, temperature, and strain of the substance to the Brillouin frequency shift and the Rayleigh frequency shift;
The measurement using the Brillouin frequency shift distribution measured in the Brillouin frequency shift measurement unit, the Rayleigh frequency shift distribution measured in the Rayleigh frequency shift measurement unit, and the coefficient stored in the coefficient storage unit. A pressure, temperature, and strain distribution measurement system for a substance, comprising: an analysis unit that obtains a distribution along the optical fiber of the pressure, temperature, and strain of the substance at the time of the analysis.
The system for measuring pressure, temperature and strain distribution of a substance according to claim 1, wherein the length of the laid optical fiber is 100 m or more.
The said optical fiber is comprised by the 1st optical fiber hold | maintained so that it may receive to the influence of pressure, and the 2nd optical fiber hold | maintained so that it may be interrupted | blocked from the influence of pressure, The optical fiber is comprised. A system for measuring pressure, temperature and strain distribution of the substance according to 1 or 2.
The analysis unit
The first optical fiber and pressure, the first optical fiber and temperature, the first optical fiber and strain, the second optical fiber and temperature, and the second optical fiber and strain stored in the coefficient storage unit. C 1 13 , C 1 12 , C 1 11 , C 2 12 , C 2 11 , which are coefficients for associating each with a Brillouin frequency shift,
To correlate the Rayleigh frequency shift with each of the first optical fiber and pressure, the first optical fiber and temperature, the first optical fiber and strain, the second optical fiber and temperature, and the second optical fiber and strain. C 1 23 , C 1 22 , C 1 21 , C 2 22 , C 2 21 , which are coefficients of
Brillouin frequency shift Δν 1 B and Rayleigh frequency shift Δν 1 R measured from the initial measurement, measured in the first optical fiber,
The simultaneous equations Δν 1 B = C 1 13 ΔP + C 1 12 ΔT + C 1 11 Δε 1 by Brillouin frequency shift Δν 2 B and Rayleigh frequency shift Δν 2 R measured in the second optical fiber.
Δν 1 R = C 1 23 ΔP + C 1 22 ΔT + C 1 21 Δε 1
Δν 2 B = C 2 12 ΔT + C 2 11 Δε 2
Δν 2 R = C 2 22 ΔT + C 2 21 Δε 2
The pressure change amount ΔP, the temperature change amount ΔT, the strain change amount Δε 1 of the first optical fiber, and the strain change amount Δε 2 of the second optical fiber from the initial measurement are obtained by System for measuring pressure, temperature and strain distribution of substances described in 1.
5. The optical fiber according to claim 1, wherein the optical fiber is laid from a ground surface to a sandstone layer serving as a carbon dioxide reservoir along a press-fit well or an observation well for underground storage of carbon dioxide. The system for measuring pressure, temperature and strain distribution of the substance described in the paragraph.
The state of carbon dioxide injected into the sandstone layer is monitored by observing at least a change with time of the strain distribution using the pressure, temperature and strain distribution measurement system of the substance according to claim 5. To monitor carbon dioxide underground storage.
Using the system for measuring pressure, temperature, and strain distribution of the substance according to claim 5, the leakage of carbon dioxide stored in the sandstone layer is monitored by observing at least a change with time of the strain distribution. To monitor carbon dioxide underground storage.
6. The carbon dioxide phase change of underground carbon dioxide is monitored by observing at least a time-dependent change in temperature distribution using the pressure, temperature, and strain distribution measurement system of the substance according to claim 5. Monitoring method for underground storage.
Using the pressure, temperature, and strain distribution measurement system of the substance according to claim 5, the strain is measured in the depth direction by integrating the strain in the depth direction from the measured strain distribution. For evaluating the effect of the carbon dioxide injection on the formation stability, which evaluates the surface shape change from the measured displacement.
The system for measuring pressure, temperature and strain distribution of a substance according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the optical fiber is laid along at least a pier installed in water.
Using the system for measuring pressure, temperature, and strain distribution of a substance according to claim 10, at least strain and temperature change over time is observed to monitor water ice around the pier. Method.